Unit One Reading to Understand My Community

Essential Questions


Enduring Understandings


Reading Survey


Reading Response Journal Outline and Example



August 25 PowerPoint: Strategies and Practicing Responses

August 25:Reading Strategies Constructivism Jigsaw

August 26: Pre-assessment

August 27 and August 30 PowerPoints: Prior/Background Knowledge and Text Annotation


August 31: I can comprehend text.


September 1: I can identify problems and evaluate solutions.


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September 2: I can explain cause and effect situations.
PowerPoint; Graphic Organizers; Video




September 3: Review problem/solution and cause/effect; introduce vocabulary


September 7: I can summarize.



September 8: I can persuade an audience and support my thoughts.


September 9: I can persuade an audience and support my thoughts.


September 10: I can summarize.



September 13-14:
Because of testing, the schedule is a little different. Some classes will not meet on these days.

September 15:
I can construct the meaning of unknown words

September 16: I can comprehend text.

September 17: Field Trip

September 20: I can ask questions to help me comprehend text.

September 21: I can make connections to help me comprehend text.

September 22: I can make predictions to help me comprehend text.

September 23: I can make inferences to help me comprehend text.

September 24: I can show what I know on a common assessment.

September 27: I can discover the meaning of unknown words.